The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1887-07-09
MILL CITY, July 8. 1887.

Or seriue, respondlng ~ his own persouai
inalIualtons as We'll as TO several pressing
Suvltations, had the pleasure snd honor
OF pa Sslug our Nations birLhhay with the
S,s,afus of L,veiock and euvirons. Tue
ioexorable laws OF uatnre have once sgain
Shtrlad our earth IN her eli Gle around the
SUI. and upon tnat bright Fourth OF July
nlor,ing We were permitted 70 take our
Brothers aud sisters by the hand aud
make friendly aud auxlous inquIr' now
IL has Jared with them since last they
met under those CRATE nj shades
10 the gIver aud dis J1user OF lite ana
death how bouudiess snoud be our gsat-
itude, HI view OF the fat that 80 m&ny
of as have escaped the dread Alternative.
aud were there til at day TO INT up thank
sui hearts aud hymus of praise To hun
who has apportioned ani cast our lots III
this saubrious and happy va. Ii we
pass in review the accldeu5s and incidents
OF che year just at close, and sfrike tue
balance, | think that it Will b7 t0uud
,tou blessings h great Y PIE on iet-
ate. We cannot bus e1ngratu ate our
selves that the fatal arrows nave oecu 30
spar.fsxfy distributed among u. | AIN
convinced that IN no seceIon oi our be-
bved country, keeping III mad the years
20 which tnahy have attained. II tue roll
were called after the lapse oil twelve
month there would bs iound such large
patio present ia answer, Il am here.
As to our material advancement since
Dast July, bell, 20 Oh a comparison with
ether psEhipis OF the State, that there is
uothing Of which the people of Lovelock
weed BE- asisalned. Knowing ss we do
Che characteristics OF the people OF Ne
vsda, their unMrlng energy. their re-
sources grit AL ns ", yet an / Tally
persuaded that the cit zais Of Lovelock
ace aptte and fully, abreast with their
neighbors in a / taat 20 tstItntss essential
progress, and promises reliauls aud per-
nanent substantially. Stu ted "a we
are in a section of asidlty, ire cation be
comes an indispensable prerequisite to
bring around seed time aud mar. - We
have noble riv lowing in car mi is',
uuiW WAVING to be utiliz I'd in the way IN
whichsis was Apo nted 81 its C.sasor.
Humboldt river, natures kind nu Sc
from whose bosom untold thousands of
hsr,children will draw that neu ishmeht
which makes glad the heart of the farmer
at harvest tina. D.tches, ''as -aoios aud
canals Shout be constructed, through
whsse veins and artefiss nf,s. c urss
(bofh metsphorica " and IA s se'n re.lity)
tina very lie blood OF the coming popu a
ton But few short years, II most,
will have ro.isg away when these ~ Civ
ingWaters, pes,r q tnrough thousand
chapnels, soy4r What now arc W ssta
places win eaifse the fields to grow Y l.
low with ripened ears and the red grape
TO hang upon aiid brambies, aud the
hard oak dlst1I hone, Ike tie dew.
The wilderness and solitary piac, shall
be made glad u the desert sbal loiee
aud blossoa, asst he rose Nov, waist
eur ,peopie hesoC beeirr strannpg every
nerve t9t the I'D etiJn OF oar wAste
Wscesi they aave been equally mindful
S,st there a. e other 5anaras .nlcn i'm
per .<n.eiy dsmaud fertllIzaton,-their
offspring their posterity. Kind fathers
aud LOVING mothers have sax, II counsel
together and have resolved that thelr
ehldass shall aotygrowg ap Ia ,snpr ,nce
aud indIgeoee, aud To that end that men
tai and moral development SHALL Keep
pace with tho material progre which
they now sec individually secured to their
cherished homes, the fouudipg OF seats OF
learning where alt May drink freely Of
thosa Ryeraaa, Aud perennial waters,
whIch lift man above she beasts OF the
Geld, ~h rh uAtare has made prone to the
belly. ? From the present outl pok 1t would
be . vain task for the writer TO predict
che future of our people. Here will arise
stiles enciIcled as with pearl aud gardens
Of ansraid. IL will be said Of us as OF
cid: Thou may.st sooner rear Forest
of olive trees in GaIilee, than one chiid
10 Jerusxiem." Your valley will be
called the vale OF abundance" You
ask ''how all this Ii possible Let M
ssy'that in the course Of my re ding |
have been most forctbly impressed WI h
the s,nlihtnde existing between the val
ley OF the Jordan aud Humboldt river
valley. The topography and physical
geography of the two valleys are almost
ideal icaj.s Both have dry and ard 81 m
ace.; botn require irrigation. botn have
q river emptytag its rehuent waters in
to = d-su sea-. As TO tue area OF the val.
leys there 10 but little d.Herenc'. Now
he who has but ca uaIly read his bible.
has but . superficial knowledge Of
the great, olty of jerusalem, and the vast
AMOUNT. Of wealth expended by King
Solomon In the erection of that temple
the most celebrated structure known to
mankind.
he Who has read OF the chariots aud
hor~emen of the wise king. Of the count
less hosts arrayed for battle by Israel aud